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Plastic Fantastic Challenge Jury Selects 10 Finalists

The Plastic Fantastic Challenge jury selected 10 idea owners to join the finals in London. In October last year, Enviu and Impact Hub kicked of the Plastic Fantastic Challenge in Europe with the aim to come to solutions for the plastic waste issue. During an ideation challenge of five months, over 100 ideas on reducing plastic waste have been submitted on plasticfantasticchallenge.org.

More plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050

The plastic waste issue has become a worldwide problem. Out of the 78 million tonnes of plastic that is yearly produced, 34% (8m tonnes of plastics) leaks into our environment. According a new Ellen MacArthur Foundation report, it is estimated that by 2050 our oceans contain more plastic than fish.

By facilitating co-creation with experts, professionals, students and corporates, the Plastic Fantastic Challenge aims to kick-start solutions for the accumulating amount of plastic waste. After five months of ideation, ten business ideas that can potentially be a part of the solution to the plastic waste issue will be presented in London during the finals.

Finalists can first join a three-day-bootcamp in London. This bootcamp consists of workshops and coaching sessions which help them in taking their ideas to a next level. On the final day participants get to pitch their ideas to the final jury. The most promising business idea will win a cash prize of 10.000 euro.

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European Plastic Roundtable

The final pitch event coincides with the European Plastic Roundtable. This conference aims to bring professionals in the European plastic industry together with those working on solutions to solve the plastic waste issue. The final goal of the event is to come to solutions, create new partnerships and action plans for a cleaner Europe.

The European Plastic Roundtable is an invitation-only event. For the ones interested in joining the event, we’d like to ask you to send us an email to hello@plasticfantasticchallenge.org.